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Indonesia Hints at South China Sea Litigation
Could we be witnessing a legal cascade in the South China Sea? Most states with claims have thus far eschewed formal legal challenges to China, but that could be changing. In the wake of the Philippines'... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #88: An Interview with Adam Kozy and Johannes Gilger
Where the hell are the FTC, Silicon Valley, and CDT when human rights and privacy are on the line? If the United States announced that it had been installing malware on 2% of all the laptops that crosse... -
Congressional Oversight of US Foreign Relations and National Security?
Executive power is on the rise, a familiar argument runs, and necessarily at the expense of Congressional authority. -
Jihadology Podcast: Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh: Then & Now
C. Christine Fair comes on the show to talk about Islamism in Bangladesh. Some of the topics covered include: History of Islamism in Bangladesh and its intersection with mainstream politics The role ... -
"Chronic and Severe Mental and Physical Conditions" Aside, Shaker Aamer Looks Pretty Good
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How the ICC Could Alter the Security Council's Palestine Role
New Zealand, an elected member of the UN Security Council, attempted recently to prod the Council into action in the Middle East. As violence in East Jerusalem and the West Bank has spiked, the Council h... -
Klayman Update: DC Circuit Stays Judge Leon's Ruling
Here's a brief update on my piece yesterday on the Klayman litigation. The government yesterday, as promised, moved in the D.C. Circuit for a stay of Judge Leon's ruling. -
Zivotofsky II as Precedent in the Executive Branch
The November issue of the Harvard Law Review is out, with the Foreword by David Strauss, essays by Abbe Gluck on King v. Burwell and Kenji Yoshino on Obergefell v. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Meeting for the first time in thirteen months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Barack Obama sought to put aside their differences of the specifics of the Iran nuclear deal, choosi... -
Law Wars: My Review of Savage's "Power Wars"
"Law Wars" is the name that the editors of the New Rambler gave to my review of Charlie Savage's great new book, Power Wars. My review begins: -
The Eleventh Hour Litigation Over Section 215
You might have thought the judicial wrangling over the Section 215 program would end now that Congress had passed the USA Freedom Act winding down the program and replacing it—particularly now that the n... -
Interpreting Egypt’s Pretrial Detention Laws
The other day, military prosecutors in Egypt opened an investigation into Hossam Bahgat, founder and previous director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights and a (quite effective) investigative...
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